yzengji

Albanian

Alternative forms

• zengji, zingji, uzengji, zenji — dialectal

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish اوزنگی (üzengi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /yzenˈɟi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

yzengji f (plural yzengji, definite yzengjia, definite plural yzengjitë)

1. stirrup (of a saddle)

   Synonyms: palldëm, vithatore, nënbishte, praqe

2. (anatomy) stapes, stirrup

Declension

Declension of yzengji

	indefinite		definite
	singular	plural	singular	plural
nominative	yzengji	yzengji	yzengjia	yzengjitë
accusative			yzengjinë
dative	yzengjie	yzengjive	yzengjisë	yzengjive
ablative		yzengjish

References

• “yzengji”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2206b
• Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “yzengji”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 520
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “yzengjí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 571b
• Meyer, G. (1891) “zenǵī́”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 482